Fangs for the memory; would you become a vampire?

by Abaddon 24 Replies latest jw friends

  • Abaddon
    Abaddon

    Now, first off, there's no such thing.

    But, let's imagine that we live in the same dimension as Buffy (most of the guys and a few of the women start paying attention), or the Anne Rice novels, Blade, whatever.

    Vampires are real. God is distant and removed. There is an epic, but drawn out and irresolvable struggle between good and evil. You get accosted by a vampire in an alley, and, for some reason, they decide that you'd make a better recruit than meal.

    So, given a choice between being dinner, and becoming a vampire (standard pros and cons; very strong, getting stronger over time, almost unkillable, unless someone has a pencil or holy water, continued existence unless killed, funny sleeping habits and not very good reaction to direct sunlight), what would you choose?

    Anne Rice nicely explores the dillema in 'Interview with a Vampire'. You have Lestat, very cool, whose attitude it "humans are cattle, let's party". And it's a bloody good point - if you were four hundred years old say, humans would appear so transitory that one's moral qualms over feeding from them would be equivalent to thier qualms eating lamb. Or you have Louis, who is a whinning little whimp, and can't see what an opportunity he has.

    Your eventual fate is ceasing to exist; I'd prefer pert teenage girls to Van Helsing or forgeting the SPF100 anyday. But until then, well... oh, and you could 'take' whoever you wanted with you, friends, family, lovers.

    So, dinner, or 'demon'? What would you do?

    Personally speaking, me and my girlfriend have decided that Spike and Drew are raw amateurs, and that we'd be far more stylishly nasty than them.

  • Sirona
    Sirona

    I'd really like to be a vampire. I look a little bit like Drew, and Spike is YYYUUUMMMMMYYYY! I'd love a taste of the "big bad" LOL!

    ** http://www.religioustolerance.org **

  • LyinEyes
    LyinEyes

    Yes, yes I would if all vampires look like Brad Pit and Antonio .
    But wait, they were gay , right? Not that there is anything wrong with that. But maybe that is the price for immortality, all the good looking men would love each other.

  • Abaddon
    Abaddon

    Oh, Anne Rice's vampire sexuality is a little attenuated and homoerotic for me. Sod that. I mean vampires that screw. I think both me and my girlfriend would definately think TWICE if we had to give up sex. So think Buffy vampires.

  • Naeblis
    Naeblis

    Buffy vampires are pathetic. Lestat would eat a hundred of them for lunch. Even Louis could smoke Angel. And that's just sad.

  • Sirona
    Sirona

    No...no...you've got it all wrong. Spike is the greatest. Louis comes a CLOSE second.

    ** http://www.religioustolerance.org **

  • Abaddon
    Abaddon

    Louis doesn't come second, he doesn't come ANYWHERE. He's a wimp. Forget the nice pretty actor they wrapped the appalingly anal actor in. Lestat was studly.

    But Spike; oh yeah. He's bad. Angel? Forget it, bloody do-gooder wimp with p[retty boy affectation.

    Spike's character development has been great, although it's a bit of a shame they've allowed him to turn into a reluctant good guy, as he was GREAT as a bad guy (they're repeating the first episodes he's in on BBC2 at the mo'), and Drew... well, she reminds me of an ex-fuckbuddy (couldn't really call her a girlfriend), but Drew is wonderfully sick.

    Hey Naeb, answer the goddamn question; vampire or lunch? Not that you know anything about vampires ("Even Louis could smoke Angel"). Huh"! Lousi couldn't make a good job of finishing off Christams decorations, let alone Lestat; against Angel, well, unless Angel was doing 'her' hair, he'd have no chance.

  • Sirona
    Sirona

    HUM. I think I only like Louis cause hes gorgeous. I agree, Spike was better as a baddie. I've got nearly all the buffy videos and he was better in series 2. I loved the episode where he ganged up with Buffy to fight angel.

    Sirona

    ** http://www.religioustolerance.org **

  • Naeblis
    Naeblis

    Well I haven't seen too much of Angel so I can't really say for certain. But you have to remember that Louis is weak only compared to the elite company he keeps. He's a titan compared to the mongrel vampires that are the norm. As I'm sure you know, Lestat made Louis, and Lestat was far more powerful at the time of the making then he let on. Louis did have signigicant strength, just not compared to Lestat and the like. Angel appears to just be a quicker far stronger human from what I've seen of the show. He's fought standstills with Buffy has he not? And there is no chance in hell louis would have any difficulty with a 19 year old martial arts champ, slayer powers or no.

  • Naeblis
    Naeblis

    And I just realized I didn't answer your question. I don't know what I would do given that choice. THe whole spirit of the Anne Rice novels is that humans are unable to resist the lure of everlasting life (or seemingly so) Even Louis tells daniel at the end of Interview that he missed the whole point in the story he was telling. Louis more than anyone mourned for the humanity he lost. Any one of them would give up immortality for just one sunrise, (especially Lestat who actually did so) So if I take into account the "lesson" of the novels, no I would not take it. Of course, since I am human, of course I would.

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